Bouchard Pere et Fils, Romanee Vintage:1999 50% Cabernet Sauvignon

50% Cabernet Sauvignon

This is not going to wow you with its concentration

I feel that it has decayed a little since my last note in 2010

soft and velvety

but that does not necessarily mean that it is the first of the vineyards to be harvested

Bouchard Pere et Fils, Romanee Vintage:1999 50% Cabernet SauvignonSurprisingly forward and expressive for young La Romane with incredibly concentrated, smoky, slightly oaky, spicy black fruit aromas that lead to velvety, dense, tight, understated, broad scaled flavors of stunning length. The depth here is nothing short of mind blowing and this is clearly a notch up from the 2000 if not quite as promising as either the 98 or the 99. Still, with the astonishing level of extract, this could conceivably surprise on the